FNUS73 KMQT 141304 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR BURMA GRADE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 904 AM EDT THU APR 14 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 EDT ON APRIL 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER ONTARIO WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE FIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LINGERING LOW CLOUDS THIS MORNING WILL SCOUR OUT BY MID AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR WORKS INTO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL END UP AROUND NORMAL IN THE MIDDLE 40S. THE DRY AIR WITH THE HIGH WILL ALLOW HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL TOWARD 25 PERCENT. DESPITE THE HIGH BEING CLOSE BY...A LAKE BREEZE IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY SO THE WIND DIRECTION SHOULD STAY FAIRLY STEADY FROM THE NORTHEAST. DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY THOUGH WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE EAST WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD RAIN IS ANTICIPATED BY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS INTO THE REGION. TOTAL RAINFALL FROM THE SYSTEM COULD REACH OVER 0.75 INCH IN SOUTHEAST UPPER MICHIGAN. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THROUGH 1200 THEN BECOMING SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....42 AT IGNITION...MAX 46. MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS NORTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER 1700. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5...OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 12 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 17 MPH LATE. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (567) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (569). MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-3000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...AND TO 5000 FT AGL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%)..........60 45 30 20 15 WEATHER COV...... WEATHER TYPE.....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP.............37 40 43 44 44 RH...............45 35 26 26 27 GENERAL WIND.....NE 10 NE 8 NE 7 NE 7 N 7 GENERAL GUST.....15 15 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100..400 542 569 490 436 MIX HGT (FT).....2500 3600 4400 4900 4400 HAINES INDEX.... 4 4 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 23. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 78 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 5 TO 10 MPH BY LATE EVENING. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5...OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 10 TO 21 MPH. VENTILATION INDEX...POOR (11). MIXING HEIGHT.......1300-2900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100-700 FT AGL BY LATE EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.00 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........10 10 10 10 10 10 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............40 35 30 27 26 24 RH..............31 42 57 69 74 77 GENERAL WIND....NE 7 NE 7 NE 7 E 7 E 7 E 8 GENERAL GUST....15 15 15 15 15 15 VINDX KT-FT/100.400 169 51 33 31 17 MIX HGT (FT)....2900 1300 400 300 200 100 HAINES INDEX....4 5 5 5 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...JLA REQUESTED BY...BEN WAGNER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110414.BURMA.04/MQT